Challenges facing Muslim athletes
Maymah(NEW YORK) — Maymah, a weightlifter and social media influencer who just goes by her first name, was part of Gymshark’s sports hijab launch in London.
When asked about what it’s like working out or weightlifting with a regular hijab, she says,…
SpaceX planning Monday test flight of giant Starship rocket
Daniel Garrido/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — SpaceX is eyeing a Monday morning launch of its powerful Starship rocket — which is expected to eventually carry passengers to the moon and Mars.
The unmanned launch of the world’s largest rocket will mark the…
2 shot dead at off-campus house party near James Madison University
Liz Mitchell/EyeEm/Getty Images(VIRGINIA) — Two men were shot and killed at a party in off-campus housing near James Madison University in Rockingham County, Virginia, according to police.
The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Department responded to a rep…
Everything to know about the rare fungal infection linked to 1 death, dozens of infections in Michigan
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(MICHIGAN) — Nearly 100 probable cases of a rare fungal infection, including one fatal, have been linked to a Michigan paper mill.
Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) said 21 cases of blastom…
26 million Americans under severe weather threat Saturday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 26 million Americans from the Heartland into the South are under a severe weather threat Saturday.
Severe thunderstorms are possible from Illinois to Texas through the evening, affecting cities including Houston, New Or…
Why document leak suspect Jack Teixeira had a high-level top secret security clearance
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old junior enlisted airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, who has been charged as being behind the leak of classified U.S. military and U.S. intelligence documents had a hig…
Escaped emu takes owner and police on 20-mile chase in Tennessee
Harry McKinney(TENNESSEE) — A city-wide manhunt.
A police chase down the main street.
Social media sites filled with locals describing what they had just witnessed.
While these are usually the tell-tale signs of crisis, the small city of Harriman, …
Trump’s new financial disclosure shows his number of business holdings has doubled since leaving White House
Phil Ashley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new financial disclosure report filed by Donald Trump shows that the former president has doubled his number of business holdings since leaving the White House.
The 101-page disclosure report, filed with the Fed…
Uvalde school district’s insurance paying legal fees of lawsuits
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(UVALDE) — Lawyers representing former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo in multiple lawsuits stemming from the massacre last year at a Texas elementary school are being paid by the Uvalde school district’s insura…
Mike Pompeo says he’s not running for president in 2024
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he is not running for president in 2024.
“The time is not right for me and my family,” Pompeo said in a statement.
Pompeo, 59, said he and his wife Su…